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Gneiss bowl with recurved rim inscribed for Teti

Small [anorthosite gneiss] bowl with recurved rim, [Type XI b]; fine small hieroglyphs [GLYPHS] scratched on side just under shoulder. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:2

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_12-12-109
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2385 A (assumed to be associated with mastaba G 2374), debris
  • Material
    [Anorthosite gneiss]
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4.2 cm Diameter: 9.3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 13.3141
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Teti
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/11/1912
  • Owner
    Teti
  • Remarks
    G 2385 A first excavated in 1912 and reexcavated in 1935.
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 2

  • G 2374

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

  • G 2385

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski, Edward. "The Senedjemib Complex at Giza: An Interim Report." L'Égyptologie en 1979. Axes prioritaires de recherches, tome II. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique No. 595. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982, p. 115, note 6.

    Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002, p. 117, cat. 50.

    Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 101.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Teti

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks First king of Dynasty 6.